Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Yuichi Miyazaki

Toshiaki Asada

Akio Furuishi

Shintaro Horisawa

An oil circulation system of an internal combustion engine comprises a first oil pan and second oil pan, first oil supplied parts supplied with oil stored in the first oil pan, second oil supplied parts supplied with oil stored in the second oil pan, and a heating part. The heating part has oil paths through which oil flows and heats the oil flowing through the oil paths. The oil circulation system comprises a first circulation path circulating oil through the first oil pan, heating part, and first oil supplied parts, and a second circulation path circulating oil between the second oil pan and the second oil supplied parts.

Oil circulation system of internal combustion engine

The oil circulation system of an internal combustion engine comprises: a high temperature side oil circulation path provided with a high temperature side oil pan, a high temperature side part supplied with oil, and a heating part, and circulating oil among these; a low temperature side oil circulation path provided with a low temperature side oil pan and a low temperature side part supplied with oil, and circulating oil between the low temperature side oil pan and the low temperature side part supplied with oil; an oil transport mechanism transporting oil between the low temperature side oil circulation path and the high temperature side oil circulation path; and a control device configured to control transport of oil by the oil transport mechanism while the internal combustion engine is operating.

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Yuichi Miyazaki